Mastodawn

https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap

Andy Feb 11

tante Feb 11

"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."

No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are excluded. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But "AI" is just accumulation by a few powerful.

So No. It's not collective but extractive, not knowledge but data, not humankind but the hegemonic western view. Everything in that statement is wrong.

Andy Jan 4

Threema Jan 4

Today is the first #DigitalIndependenceDay. 🙌

This initiative encourages Internet users to question their reliance on Big Tech platforms and consider privacy-respecting alternatives. https://www.euractiv.com/news/german-hackers-call-for-digital-independence-days-to-reduce-us-tech-grip/

Andy Jan 4

Emil Jacobs - Collectifission Jan 4

Today is Digital Independence Day, a German initiative to move more and more away from Big Tech in 2026. Let's reclaim our independence!

https://di.day/

Andy Dec 29

AlternativeTo Dec 29

A decentralized, open-source collaboration suite alternative to Google Workspace, Notion, and Microsoft 365 with end to end encrypted docs, sheets, and token gated IPFS file sharing https://alternativeto.net/software/fileverse/about/

Funny how folks in the West will debate the ethics of going back in time to kill baby Hitler whenever the topic of time travel comes up but no one ever considers going back to stop colonialism.

🤔

Andy Dec 28

LAUREN Dec 28

The internet was not a mistake
Social media was not a mistake

Allowing Corporations to dictate and control both of these things was the mistake.

Andy Dec 28

🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)Dec 27

The fact that you can totally:
- rent your body for modeling
- rent your body for physical labor
- rent your brain for "skilled" labor

But it's illegal or "immoral" to:
- rent your body for modeling
- rent your body for physical labor
- rent your brain for "skilled" labor
if you add the words "while naked" to it

...is fucking ridiculous.

#SexWorkIsWork #FuckPuritanicalBullshit #FuckThePatriarchy #StopSexShaming

Andy Dec 28

Electronic Frontier Foundation Dec 27

A good weekend project: Create strong, unique passphrases for your online accounts. https://ssd.eff.org/module/creating-strong-passwords

Creating Strong Passwords

Reusing passwords is a dangerous security practice. If someone gets ahold of your password—whether that's from a data breach, or wherever else—they can often gain access to any other account you used that same password. The solution is to use unique passwords everywhere and take additional steps to secure your...